Collinson seeks out the political limelight, but Alice finds his renewed political ambitions difficult to come to terms with. Meanwhile, in the constituency there is a growing feeling that a clash is inevitable.
As Collinson concentrates on the intensifying common market campaign, he is almost taken unawares by events in his constituency. Then at a routine political meeting, he meets a young university teacher. Her name is Millie Dutton...
While Collinson awaits the outcome of a cabinet reshuffle that will decide his political future, Alice living apart from him, is expecting a visit from her friend, novelist Brian Griffin,
It's more that two months since Chris and Alice Collinson have seen each other; a long standing engagement now brings them into contact. It's not the only confrontation in store for Collinson, as the antagonism between himself and Ron Hibbert takes a new and unexpected turn.
Bernard King, local party chairman, attempts to heal the growing rift between Collinson and his opposition. Criticism of his conduct as an MP reaches a peak, and the confrontation between himself and Ron Hibbert comes to a climax.
"My error...has been my scepticism. I've not believed in politics as a way of life." An admission that led Christopher Collinson into a battle in his constituency - a battle that he thought he had won. But has he? Menwhile, on the eve of the party conference, there is an uneasy alliance between Collinson and his wife....
When a general election is imminent, Chris Tomlinson faces a critical weekend. A brain box from party HQ with a photogenic family, he once had the perfect credentials for a candidate - now he is forced to consider whether his face will still fit in his working class constituency. This ITV Playhouse which the 1975 series was based on, won the Broadcasting Press Guild's award for Best Single Play.